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Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 -2023 Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 -2023 Drumanagh Promontory Fort, Co. Dublin Fingal Development Plan 2017 - 2023 www.fingal.ie Contents C Contents Illustrations i 1. Introduction 1 2. Study Area 2 3. Methodology 3 4. Statutory Protection 5 5. Understanding the Monument 6 6. Material Culture 49 7. Biodiversity 51 8. Results of Field Survey 53 9. Assessment of Significance 71 10. Issues 73 11. Opportunities 78 12. Policies 80 13. Actions & Objectives 82 14. Implementation 84 15. References 85 Appendix 1 - Cultural Heritage Sites 87 Appendix 2 - Topographical files 106 Appendix 3 - Ecology Study Recommendations 112 Drumanagh Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 - 2023 Drumanagh Promontory Fort, Co. Dublin Christine Baker Image Courtesy of the Discovery Programme Drumanagh Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 - 2023 View of erosion along the northern perimeter of Drumanagh Drumanagh and Lambay promontory forts (Westropp, 1921) Drumanagh Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 - 2023 Illustrations i Illustrations Figures Fig. 1 Location Map Fig. 2 Archaeological Constraint Map, www.archaeology.ie Fig. 3 Drumanagh and Lambay promontory forts (Westropp, 1921) Fig. 4 Knock Dhu overall site plan, showing know hut circles (MacDonald 2016, 3) Fig. 5 Down Survey Barony Map c.1656 Fig. 6 Down Survey Parish Map c.1656 Fig. 7 Rocque’s Map of county Dublin, 1760 Fig. 8 Duncan’s 1821 map Fig. 9 First Edition Ordnance Survey Map... Surveyed 1838, Published 1843 Fig. 10 Drawing 14 C 15(28) (1) Courtesy of the Royal Irish Academy © Fig. 11 25 inch Ordnance Survey Map. Surveyed 1906; Published 1908 Fig. 12 Area 1A Interpretative Plan. Courtesy of the Discovery Programme Fig. 13 Area 1D Interpretative Plan. Courtesy of the Discovery Programme Fig. 14 Skerries Royal Engineer Corps Drawing (surveyed 1859, published1862) Military Archives: Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/ad119458004 1862 Fig. 15 Portrane and Rush Martellos and privies, 1862 Fig. 16 Drumanagh, Royal Engineer Corps Drawing (surveyed 1859, published1862) Military Archives: Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/ad134122-003 Fig.17. Boundary stone at the Martello tower and Laneway, OS 25 inch map 1906- 190 Plates Plate1 Mesolithic flints, Lambay Island. Courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland © Plate 2 Bronze Age Food Vessel recovered from Kenure House, courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland Plate 3 Lambay gold band with distinctive Iron Age decoration. Courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland © Plate 4 Ptolemy’s Geographia c. AD 150, Archaeology Ireland 2003 Plate 5 Damastown copper ingot. Courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland © Plate 6 Remains of Rush tower house, open space of St. Catherine’s housing estate Plate 7 The gravestone of Richard Delahide, Holmpatrick Graveyard, Skerries Plate 8 View of Drumanagh in the 1970s, Paddy Healy Collection Plate 9 Griffith’s Valuation map Plate 10 Proposed in accordance with the orders of Colonel Oldfield Commanding Royal Engineer in Ireland of 7th March 1850, Military Archive Map, Reference AD134122 Plate 11 Martello Tower No.9 1862, Military Archive Map, Reference AD134122002 Plate 12 1908 Deed of sale and 1893 letter, courtesy of the National Archives of Ireland Plate 13 Captain Luke Ryan (Hibernian magazine 1782); Jack ‘the Bachelor’ Connors Plate 14 Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descripto by Abraham Ortelius, 1572 Drumanagh Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 - 2023 i Illustrations Plate 15 Oblique http://lswanaerial.locloudhosting.net/items/show/39959 Plate 16 Oblique http://lswanaerial.locloudhosting.net/items/show/39958 Plate 17 Oblique http://lswanaerial.locloudhosting.net/items/show/39957 Plate 18 Oblique http://lswanaerial.locloudhosting.net/items/show/40273 Plate 19 Infra Red image courtesy of Gearoid O’Riain, c.1998 Plate 20 Infra Red image courtesy of Gearoid O’Riain, c.1998 Plate 21 Aer Corp image sourced by Jason Bolton (date unavailable) Plate 22 Ordnance Survey of Ireland orthostat image 1995 Plate 23 Ordnance Survey of Ireland orthostat image 2000 Plate 24 Ordnance Survey of Ireland orthostat image 2005 Plate 25 Google Earth Image 2014 Plate 26 LiDAR image, Fingal County Council and The Discovery Programme 2014 Plate 27 ‘Drumanagh Fort Co. Dublin 1921’ Lantern Slide from the collection of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Plate 28 Aerial image of Drumanagh promontory fort showing the location of auger test pits. The western extent of the Preservation Order is marked by a red line. Plate 29 Fieldwalking finds distribution courtesy of the Discovery Programme Plate 30 Auger holes locations 2014 survey (blue) and 2017 survey (red), courtesy of The Discovery Programme Plate 31 Location of archaeological investigations sourced from www.heritagemaps.ie Plate 32 Seal box lid from Drumanagh. Photo by Sean Daffy Plate 33 Evidence for nesting birds at Drumanagh. Courtesy of Derek Redmond Plate 34 View north to St Patrick’s Island, Skerries and the Mourne Mountains beyond Plate 35 View of erosion along the northern perimeter of Drumanagh Plate 36 Views of the eastern cliff face of Drumanagh headland. Image Nua Photography Plate 37 View of Drumanagh southern perimeter wall from Roaring Water Bay Plate 38 The pond, facing east-south-east Plate 40 The main entrance to the site through the inner rampart, facing south Plate 41 Southern crossing point of the stream and ramparts Plate 42 Relict field boundaries, facing east Plate 43 2007 motor and quad biking circuit damage Plate 44 Current motorbike scrambling circuit, 2017 Plate 45 Drone view of the Martello Tower 2014. Image Nua Photography Plate 46 Interior of the Martello tower entranceway Plate 47 Interior of the Martello tower, first floor Plate 48 Roof of Martello Tower Plate 49 Privy, Shenick Island Plate 50 Drumanagh privy, facing east-north-east Plate 51 Drumanagh Privy, facing north Plate 52 The exterior of the southern gate flanked by boundary stones Plate 53 Original approach to the Martello tower (right) and modern trackway Plate 54 Assessment of motorbike damage by Derek Redmond Drumanagh Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 - 2023 Introduction 1 1. Introduction Recently acquired by Fingal County Council, Drumanagh promontory fort is a highly sensitive multi- layered archaeological landscape. Recorded by 19th century antiquarian T.J. Westropp, as ‘one of the three largest promontory forts with straight works so far recorded in Ireland’ Drumanagh is also one of four coastal promontory forts in Fingal. It has long been the subject of interest due to the recovery of Romano-British material from the site and has been characterised in the press and public imaginations as the place where the Romans may have landed. This study compiles the accessible historical, archaeological, folkloric, and cartographic evidence together in order to provide a comprehensive narrative for the use of the site and inform its future protection and management. The document was prepared by Christine Baker, Community Archaeologist, Fingal County Council. Image: Nua Photography © Drumanagh Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 - 2023 1 2 Study Area 2. Study Area Drumanagh promontory fort is coastally located 0.6 km south of the village of Loughshinny, approximately 1.8 km north of the village of Rush and 0.5 km east of the R128 Rush to Skerries road. It is accessed to the south by a laneway and to the north along a cliff pathway. Approximately 6 km to the south-east is the island of Lambay. Fig. 1: Location Map The site consists of a headland of c.46 acres defended by a series of earthworks (L.350m), except where they curve inwards towards the southern limit. The relatively flat promontory is delimited to the west by three closely-spaced earthen banks and ditches. A small stream flows along part of the inner ditch to the southern cliff edge. A number of gaps occur along the ramparts, one or more of which may represent an original entrance. The site is bounded to the west by the townland boundary with Ballustree and to the south by the townland boundary with Rush. The underlying geology consists of glacial till overlying Lower Carboniferous limestone. The soils are Grey-Brown Podzolics, with associated Gleys. 2 Drumanagh Conservation Study & Management Plan 2018 - 2023 Methodology 3 3. Methodology This Conservation Study involves a process that ‘seeks to guide the future development of a place through an understanding of its significance’ (Kerr 1999, 9). By defining the setting and context of the monument; analysing its cultural and material significance and assessing its vulnerability, the process outcome will be a policy-based guidance document. The study is conducted with the protection and public enjoyment of the monument as its central point of reference. A three-phased approach was undertaken, comprising desktop research, field-recording and photographic survey, and report compilation. 3.1. Phase 1-Information Gathering The desktop or information gathering-stage included an examination of available documentary sources, cartographic evidence, folklore, images and illustration of the site. Sites & Monuments Records (SMR) and Record of Monuments & Places (RMP), Permanent and Temporary Preservation orders and Register of Historic Archaeological Monuments, DCHG; Topographical Files, National Museum of Ireland; Online database (www.excavations.ie) containing summary accounts of all excavations carried out annually in Ireland Architectural Record of Protected Structures file , Fingal County Council All publically available documentary and literary
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